I've covered stand-up Matt Ritter (L'02) on DT before and all the great viral videos he's created (my favorite one being THIS one).

If you recall, like many Penn alumni making career changes, Matt has transitioned careers from being a lawyer to a standup.

After the jump check out "Bottom Rung", his new web series based on his experiences working in "document review" at a big LA firm  ....and find about his other Penn alumni co-stars and some of his unbelievably(!) true working experiences that will be feeding into this series.

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Earlier this week, we saw what a 1972 Penn dorm room looked like and how little dorms rooms have evolved since.

After the jump, go on a journey with four 1996 alumni who return to Penn for their 15 year reunion and hunt down their freshman dorm rooms, only to learn something significant has changed... (minute 1:32)!

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The last time we saw Dr. and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96), he was a playing a bartender on "Young and the Restless".

After the jump, watch the new commercial he's in and find out more about his role (sort of) in this weekend's newly released Hangover 2!

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Over the past few years, I've been covering the progress of Roy Vongtama (C'96), a real life doctor who has also been "acting" as a doctor on TV.

This week Roy appeared on CBS's "The Young and the Restless".

After the jump, check the video clip starring Roy as what he calls "the hot Thai bartender".   Gotta love the accent he added!

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Did you catch doctor-turned-actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) on last Thursday's "Private Practice"? Yes, another alum associated with ABC/Disney.

Speaking of "Private Practice", remember when actress Kate Walsh came to Penn for the Obama campaign? (Videos HERE)

In last week's episode, Roy plays a top notch psychiatrist. Roy tells me that his part is potentially recurring so stay stay tuned!

On another note, Roy has just started his own production company called Resonant Entertainment and he filmed his first project that is currently being sent to film festivals all over the world, called Juche Rules. The film tells the story of an American reporter in dangerous North Korea who comes face to face with the imposing and strange culture which is the modern day reality of the besieged nation.

Check out the trailer below:

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Some Hollywood bits and pieces from our Alumni this week:

• New sci-fi film being produced.
• New reality TV show debuting in May.
• New music featured on a TV show.
• New TV guest appearances on 2 popular shows (one tonight!).

Dig into the details HERE.

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Reality honcho Mark Cronin (ENG'86), debuts his next VH1 reality show, "New York Goes to Work"

More details here
My past posts about Mark and all his reality shows here

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Todd Lieberman (C'95) will produce the film (based on the book) Grandma's Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast. Per Variety, "The story revolves around a boy who goes to visit his hippie grandmother for the first time and discovers that her inn caters to vacationing aliens, a secret that she has been able to keep from her small town."

My past posts about Todd and his films here

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Actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) will appear on tonight's "Dollhouse" (April 3) at 9 pm (playing a yoga instructor)!

Roy will also be recurring on "Days of Our Lives" starting April 21st and 22nd on NBC at 1pm as Doctor Richman! As you may recall from my earlier posts, Roy is actually a doctor in real life. How great is that!

My past posts about Roy here

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Matt Kap's (C'97) band's (The Moving Picture Show) song "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" was featured this season in minute 10 of "The Real World: Brooklyn" episode above.

Listen to "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" here:



The story behind the song?   Per Matt:

"The Boy Who Lives Backwards" basically came out of a regret. I was going to take some summer classes at NYU and met a girl the first day in the dorm through a friend. She'd had a bad day and her friend wasn't around so I decided to try and cheer her up. We had a really incredible night but I was so shy at the time and thought she had a boyfriend so I didn't ask her out. Years later I thought of that while singing a melody and began thinking about regrets we have in life - the person we didn't kiss, the bully on the playground we didn't stand up to, the clever comebacks that we wished we'd said in an argument and that's what the song is about. It also really reminds me of New York City in the fall which is my favorite time of year."

Check out Matt's performance at our very own Pennfest 2007:

My past posts about Matt here

More about The Moving Picture Show

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Penn actors Roy Vongtama (C'96), Lesley Wolff (C'93) and Alex Petrovitch (C'01)

In this week's Tuesday Tips series, I have enlisted the help of my Penn alumni actor friends out here in Los Angeles to offer advice to the Penn undergrad or alum who has decided to move out to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Between the three of them, Roy Vongtama (C'96), Lesley Wolff (C'93), and Alex Petrovich (C'01) have done TV, Film and stagework and have offered up some great advice to all of you including answers to the following questions:

Who are the best acting coaches?
Who are some good photographers to take my headshots?
Where should I get my headshots done?

Click here to find out what our alumni panel has to say and/or add your own advice!

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..."Pretty spicy and pretty interesting."

That's what Roy Vongtama (C'96) told us on this week's episode of Style Network's Hot Guys Who Cook.

Roy showed us his Yoga moves and then cooked up a red curry spicy Thai dish ...all while he talked about the type of woman he's looking to date.

Attention Penn women out there ...he's a doctor, an actor, a cook and single!

Vote for Roy as this week's Style Network's "Hot Dish"!

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This Tuesday (12/25) Roy Vongtama (C'96) will be featured as "Dr. Yang" alongside Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List. (this film comes out in major markets December 25th and then nationwide on January 11th. Click here for the synopsis.)

This real life doctor's acting career is getting hotter and hotter by the week!

On another Roy Vongtama note, be sure set your tivos because Roy will be appearing on a show called "Hot Guys Who Cook" on the Style Network on January 2, 9:30 pm. He tells me he cooks and does some yoga. Oh, this is going to be fun...

Watch Roy on the red carpet from the film premiere and find out what's on Roy's bucket list! (minute 1:36)

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From the official Warner Brothers site, here is the film's synopsis:
"Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (JACK NICHOLSON) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (MORGAN FREEMAN) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover that they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they "kick the bucket" and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor. Each adventure adds another check to their list."

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Did you catch this Penn alum last Friday night on ABC's Women's Murder Club?

Click here to find out who starred opposite Angie Harmon!

Roy Vongtama (C'96) played "Officer Han" opposite Angie Harmon on ABC's Women's Murder Club. Look out for Roy's second appearance on the show as Officer Han in early December.

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I just posted below about Roy Vongtama's (C'96) appearance on Friday, October 26th's Moonlight show on CBS.

If that's not solid enough, now check out minute 1:55 above to see a brief glimpse of Roy's appearance as an airplane pilot in this upcoming season's 24!!

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Catch Dr. Roy Vongtama (C'96) playing a "necrophiliac morgue attendant" on CBS his Friday night (10/26) on Moonlight!

Per Roy, his "character loves dead girls".

Well, yeah. Okay. ...I'm going to have to see this.

Check out Roy's performance this Friday night, 9 pm on CBS!

Roy also tells me that for those in the LA area,

"I am starting a nonprofit called Actors Helping Actors (A-HA), to benefit those artists who are uninsured. Our first fundraising event will be this Saturday, October 27th!! We are cosponsoring a night of the play Shadow Hour, at the Actor Space Theater on Magnolia and Hazeltine at 8pm. Half the door will go towards A-HA!! If this cause interests you and you would like to donate or simply attend, please let me know and just call their reservation line and reserve a seat, saying you are with our group (20$ ticket).

Reservation line: 818-462-5273
flyer for the show: http://theactorspace.com/shadowhour.html
more on Actors Helping Actors: http://www.royv.com/nonprofit%20work.htm

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I don't know how actual Dr. Roy Vongtama (C'96) does it. Doctor by day. Actor by day ..and now night!

This Thursday night, July 26, 11 pm, Roy appears on Episode 3 of General Hospital Night Shift (Soapnet) as the recurring character, Dr. Boyd!

From Roy, "for all you Star Wars fans, I met Billy Dee Williams at the table read. If you don't know, he played Lando Calrissian. ( Famous for lines such as "We won't get another chance at this, Admiral." or maybe you remember: "That blast came from the Death Star! That thing's operational!")"

Check your local listings!

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Had this not been a busy week as well as me dealing with a (temporarily) disabled Facebook account, I would have said "Tivo alert!"

Dr. and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) appeared on the History Channel's Decoding the Past: Tibetan Book of the Dead. He played a "spooked out Tibetan dude named Tenzin who dies and wakes up in the afterlife."

This already aired, but may come back in repeats. Check your local listings. Click here for more information

Also, watch out for Roy's appearance this summer as "Doctor Yang" in Warner Brother's The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, directed by Rob Reiner!

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You'd think after years of medical school, he'd be content with just being a Doctor.

Not so...

Click here to read more about the impressive acting, modeling AND medical (!) career Roy Vongtama (C'96) maintains!

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